Lamp



E. DORE March 7, 1950 LAMP Original Filed April 24, 1945 Patented Mar. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Substituted for abandoned application Serial No. 590,064, April 24, 1945. This application Nov'e'mber 26, 1949, Serial No. 129,601

2 Claims. (Cl. 240--81) The present invention relates to lamps, especially for domestic use, and may be embodied in various types, as for instance, a floor lamp, a piano lamp, or the like. This application is a substitute for abandoned application Serial No. 590,064, filed April 24, 1945.

As conducive to a clear understanding of the objects of the invention, it is noted that the ordinary lamp admits of effective use only when positioned near the region where maximum illumination is required, and this entails the shifting of lamps, as for instance, for card playing, from their normal position near the wall to the center of the room, where the lamp is in the way of the players and apt to be upset.

An object of the present invention is to provide a floor or table lamp which can function as either an ordinary table lamp with comparatively small incandescent lamps enclosed within a shade or as a fioor lamp which looks more like an ornamental luxurious lamp rather than like a utilitarian adjustable lamp that combines two lamps to one.

Another object is to provide a lamp, which in addition to the utility above set forth, is useful as a reading lamp for persons seated near the same.

Still another object is to provide a lamp which performs the various functions above enumerated, without glare and without necessitating a freakish r unconventional appearance.

Yet still another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, so that it can be sold at a very reasonable price.

Further objects of the instant invention reside in any novel feature of construction or operation or novel combination of parts present in the embodiment of the invention described and shown in the accompanying drawing whether within or without the scope of the appended claims and lrrespective of other specific statements as to the scope of the invention contained herein.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same; and,

Figure 3 is a detailed front elevation illustrating the use of the lamp as a table lamp.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing the numeral I denotes a hollow center post which consists of a supporting base plate 2, a column 3, and a top plate 4. Upwardly bent arms 5 which have vertical portions 6 are laterally extended from the top plate 4 so that they have the appearance of a large horseshoe (Figure 1). An electric lamp socket I, which carries a shade 9 and a light bulb 8, is attached to the upper end of each arm portion 6; and a small horseshoe l0, which has a plate secured to its center portion, is detachably placed upon the top plate 4. A figure H (a bird in the instance shown) is attached to one of the vertical shanks of the horseshoe Ill, and it carries a small lamp shade l4, a bulb l3 and a socket l2.

A cable [5, which is provided with a plug in a well known manner, is partially inserted into the base plate 2, and is connected to a coiled flexible cable I6 and to a straight cable H. The cables I6 and H are extended through the column 3, and the cable I! is at its upper end connected to branch cables l8 and I9 which pass through the arm portions 5 and B and furnish current to the bulbs 8. The cable It passes through an opening in the top plate 4 and through the horseshoe lfl as well as through the figure H, and

furnishes current to the bulb l3. Switches 20 are provided for controlling the current for the bulbs 8, and a switch 2| on the part II) controls the bulb I3.

The parts I0 to [4 inclusive constitute a table lamp, which can be detached from the plate 4 and can be placed at a distance from the floor lamp upon a table 22 as indicated in dash and dotted lines in Figure 3. The expansibility of the coiled cable It allows to use the table lam (ID to 14) at some distance from the floor lamp (l to 9) without removing the latter from its usual place. When the table lamp is not used, it is placed upon the plate 4 (Figure 1), and its cable I6 is then concealed within the column 3.

While there has been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a single modification, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

1. An electric lamp comprising a hollow center post having a base plate at its lower end and a top plate at its upper end; a pair of large hollow angular members having their horizontal sections laterally secured to opposite side of said top plate while their vertical sections extend upward- 1y over said top plate; a small upright hollow U-shaped member being removably placed upon said top plate and carrying a figure on the upper portion of one of its shanks; an electric lamp and a switch being affixed to the vertical top portion of each of said angular members and to said figure; and cables extended through said center post, said top plate, said angular members, said U-shaped member and said figure; the cable which leads to said U -shaped member being coiled 1 within said center post so that it can be expanded. when said U-shaped member is placed at a distance from said center post, all substantially as set forth.

2. In an electric floor and table lamp, the combination of a floor lamp which comprises a hollow center post supported by'a base plate-and having a top plate from which hollow lamp carrying angular members are extended, with a table lamp comprising an upright U-shaped member that carries a lamp carrying figure and is detachably placed upon said top plate, and a coiled expansible cable within said center post leading from said base plate to said table lamp, all substantially as described.

EVELYN DORE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number I Name Date D. 92,126 Fisher et a1 May 1, 1934 1,719,401 Plant July 2, 1929 2,056,682 Marsino Oct. 6, 1936 

